angelic
See also: angèlic
English
Alternative forms
- angelick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English angelik, aungillik, aungellike, (also angellich, aungellich > English angelly), from Old English anġelīċ, engellīċ, englelīċ, coalescing with Old French angélique, from Latin angelicus, from Ancient Greek ἀγγελικός (angelikós, “of or for a messenger”), from ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). Equivalent to angel + -ic.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ăn-jĕlʹ-ĭk, IPA(key): /ænˈdʒɛlɪk/
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Adjective
angelic (comparative more angelic, superlative most angelic)
- Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
- Very sweet-natured or well-behaved.
- an angelic child
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to angelic acid.
- an angelic ester
- (topology) A regular Hausdorff space is said to be angelic if the closure of each relatively countably compact set A is compact and the closure consists of the limits of sequences in A.
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Translations
belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel
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